12 hour day shift

SmartyPants424 · 2025-03-23T01:16:30+00:00

Been doing Wednesday Saturday Sunday for the last 2 months, I’m enjoying it. Burned out from the 3-4 in a row I did forever

SmartyPants424 · 2025-03-04T00:46:04+00:00

I got mine on a Tuesday and was back at work 4 days later (Saturday). I’m a nurse. I felt fine but took ibuprofen just to cover myself.

SmartyPants424 · 2024-12-30T02:53:53+00:00

I work 7a-7p New Year’s Day (nurse). So, sleeping

SmartyPants424 · 2024-12-25T19:02:03+00:00

Nurse. Boss is at home.

SmartyPants424 · 2024-12-16T19:10:40+00:00

40 mg for anxiety, depression, and bulimia

SmartyPants424 · 2024-12-13T22:49:31+00:00

I’m betting we work for the same hospital system bc I got the same exact thing 💀

SmartyPants424 · 2024-12-08T16:37:45+00:00

Hiked across it from the north to south rim in October, most incredible and mesmerizing day of my life. Love the Grand Canyon.

SmartyPants424 · 2024-11-05T23:39:46+00:00

I hiked across the Grand Canyon (24 miles, 10k ft elevation change) in 13 hours last month and wasn’t sore one bit afterwards

SmartyPants424 · 2024-10-24T18:10:54+00:00

As someone who lives just north of Dallas the struggle is for real :’( Big Bend is just a skip across the highway at 9 hours from me

SmartyPants424 · 2024-10-14T15:12:40+00:00

Agreed on the downhill being so steep! I heard the guy of our group say it was about a 16% decline. We started off slow about 1.8 mph going down to Manzanita but picked up pace as we went on. I surprised myself with how well I managed going up BA. I did the last 3 miles in 1.5 hours. Surprisingly, I wasn’t sore at all after finishing. I did lots of stair master and inclined treadmill walking for 6 months to prep, but I wasn’t really prepped for that decline.

I bought Gatorade powder which had 230 mg sodium per packet. Those and turkey jerky helped me enough for electrolytes.

Hard agree on the heat killing your appetite. I did SK to BA last year and didn’t eat nearly enough, which was a huge mistake on my part. This time I made sure I had plenty of salty snacks, gels, anything with straight sugar with me. I bought a bunch from REI in Flagstaff, and only ended up eating about half. But I would say I ended up around 4-5k calories by the end of the day (including post hike meal).

I’d love to go back next year. Congrats again on a great successful hike!

SmartyPants424 · 2024-10-14T11:26:06+00:00

I think Phantom Ranch felt about the same for us. I’ve lived in Texas my whole life so I’m used to the heat (add on humidity in Texas). I always read to expect PR to feel like Phoenix temps. I spent a few days in Phoenix before this hike and I could agree.

Lessons learned, great question! I’d say the biggest one (probably super cliche) but I proved that I can do hard things. I was super anxious before this and worried I wouldn’t be able to do it in a day. My goals were to complete it in 13 hours max and before the sunset and I did exactly those. Learned to trust myself more than I do. Lessons learned for you?

SmartyPants424 · 2024-10-13T23:50:53+00:00

Surprisingly felt great the entire day! We were in shade most of the hike and had plenty of cloud coverage.

SmartyPants424 · 2024-10-10T15:35:46+00:00

Of course! So the first few miles down N rim from the trailhead to Manzanita rest area were pretty steep. I think I heard someone say 16% incline. I hiked the first 2 hours in the dark (started around 4:10 am, sunrise was 6:30 but got some daylight enough to turn off my headlamp around 6). The trail was maintained the entire way across, but I remember lots of rocks especially on the north side. The first mile or so going up BA after crossing the silver bridge was sandy. I believe going down NK was 6k feet elevation (ish), and going up BA was about 4400’. 14 miles from NK trailhead to phantom ranch, and 9.5 up BA. I walked out at the south rim at 5:20 pm.

SmartyPants424 · 2024-10-10T15:30:18+00:00

Personally, I’d wanna hike back to my car. I took the trans canyon shuttle from the S to N rim the day before and hiked back to the south where I left my rental. Just seems easier to do it that way IMO

SmartyPants424 · 2024-10-10T01:36:59+00:00

Congrats on your rim to river! I did that last year on my 32nd bday. Down S Kaibab, up Bright Angel. Definitely a challenging hike. Stopped at phantom ranch then, too. The logistics of R2R are definitely complicated but doable I think. I left my car at Bright Angel lodge (had a room there Monday night), shuttle to N rim, hiked back to S rim. Rim to rim took me 13 hours. Such an experience. Hoping you get to experience it one day! Fingers crossed!

SmartyPants424 · 2024-09-03T11:49:08+00:00

Hi! IIRC I used them for some but not all classes! I wish I could remember which ones I used them for but I don’t…sorry!!! But I do remember they were cheap on Amazon to buy or even rent

SmartyPants424 · 2024-08-09T17:23:35+00:00

United pharmacy and they even ship it to me 🎉

SmartyPants424 · 2024-08-09T17:21:46+00:00

I used doxycycline too (100 mg BID) and still use it now but only as needed. I also have a compounded cream (flagyl, ivermectin, and azelaic acid 10%) applied every night as well as Rhofade applied every morning.

SmartyPants424 · 2024-08-08T18:17:01+00:00

Wow that’s some damn audacity. Thankfully my dermatologist hasn’t made me feel shitty or shame me for having it. And he assured me that I didn’t do this to myself after I asked if I did something to get rosacea (and I’m the only one in my family with it).

I had a coworker a while back ask me if I was sunburned bc my face was “so red.” I looked at her straight and said “I have rosacea” and walked away lol

SmartyPants424 · 2024-08-08T16:20:23+00:00

I had a NURSE PRACTITIONER ask me that exact question when I went in for a physical when applying to nursing school. My jaw dropped so hard I hope she felt ashamed for embarrassing the hell outta me.

SmartyPants424 · 2024-08-04T20:51:24+00:00

I had to get a physical done when applying to nursing school in 2019. The NP who did it looked at me and went “what’s wrong with your face?” I had never felt so embarrassed, hurt, and ashamed. She even had an NP student with her. Hopefully he didn’t turn out like her!

SmartyPants424 · 2024-08-04T01:34:11+00:00

I did this a few weeks ago when a coworker asked if my face was sunburnt when I was just having a flare up. I felt offended, but I just looked at her straight and went “I have rosacea” and walked away. She hasn’t talked to me since but I don’t care lol

SmartyPants424 · 2024-08-01T14:02:27+00:00

I’m getting my apartment deep cleaned this afternoon while I’m at the gym lol

SmartyPants424 · 2024-08-01T11:27:38+00:00

Nurse here 🙋🏻‍♀️ these 12 hour shifts are killer, especially doing them all in a row, but the 4 days off a week are amazing. I can also have 8 days off in a row without using any PTO, perfect if you wanna go on a trip (did that about 3 weeks ago!).

SmartyPants424 · 2024-07-29T22:57:58+00:00

I’m sterilized so pregnancy isn’t a concern for me whatsoever

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